Two Bush administration cybersecurity czars have stepped down this year. Memo to the next guy: Put these four movies at the top of your Netflix queue. Hollywood, it turns out, is more in tune with the real dangers facing America's hard drives than any think tank study or Congressional hearing. (But let's not talk about virtual reality or cyborgs from the future ) The biggest takeaway: Worry less about conventional terrorists and more about teens and criminals.

LESSON: Viruses and worms cause far more damage and disruption than any cyberterrorist attack.

Hackers (1995) Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller are computer whiz kids who have to stop an evil hacker from unleashing a computer megavirus.

REAL WORLD In January, the so-called SQL Slammer worm began spreading, destroying computer files and eventually causing $1 billion in damage. So far, no one has been charged with the crime.

REAL WORLD In 1998, while preparing to launch Operation Desert Fox against Iraq, the Pentagon detected a massive attack on its computer systems. The first suspects: Iran and Iraq. Try again! The real culprits were a couple of kids in California.

Sneakers (1992) Fugitive from justice turned security consultant Robert Redford leads a team trying to steal a "black box" that can be used to crack any encryption.

REAL WORLD In 2000, a team of Russians hacked into the customer databases of several ecommerce sites, making off with more than a million credit card numbers and demanding exorbitant "security consulting fees" in exchange for not posting the numbers on the Web.